Tropico 5: Waterborne
Tropico 5 Expansion Pack
Release Date: December 17, 2014
Strategy, economic, RTS, Cold War, city builder, multiplayer, singleplayer, internet
The first large expansion pack to the economic strategy game Tropico 5. The expansion introduces the possibility to take advantage of waters which – although present in the series since the beginning – weren’t exploited before. The expansion features a six-level story campaign during which el Presidente is fighting for power on land and on the sea. He can use nine new buildings and units (including floating apartments and military submarines).
Tropico 5: Waterborne for PC, PS4 and etc. is the first large expansion pack to the fifth installment of the cult series of economic strategy games developed by Haemimont Games.
Plot
The expansion once again enables the player to assume the role of the charismatic El Presidente, the leader of a small island country. The battle for maintaining power in a complicated political situation is now expanded with the possibility to explore waters that were inaccessible in previous entries in the series.
Mechanics
The new Waterborne campaign consists of six missions and it focuses on making use of the water surrounding the islands of Tropico. There are 9 new buildings and units, including floating apartments and submarines. The game also introduces new water-related random events like water traffic jam.
Except for increasing the importance of waters, the expansion doesn’t introduce major gameplay or graphics changes. However, it features four new islands, two new avatars and six accessories.
Last updated on August 14, 2015
Videos and Screens
[1:45] Tropico 5: Waterborne trailer
Tropico 5: Waterborne Summary
Platforms:
PC Windows December 17, 2014
Xbox 360 April 29, 2015
PlayStation 4 June 17, 2015
Xbox One July 29, 2016
Developer: Haemimont Games
Publisher: Kalypso Media
Tropico 5: Waterborne System Requirements
PC / Windows
Minimum: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz, 4 GB RAM, graphic card 1 GB GeForce 480 GTX/Radeon HD 4890 or better, 500 MB HDD, Windows Vista(SP2)/7/8
Recommended: Intel Core i5 2.5 GHz, 8 GB RAM, graphic card 1 GB GeForce GTX 560 Ti/Radeon HD 5870 or better, Windows Vista(SP2)/7(SP1)/8/8.1 64-bit
Base Gamefor Tropico 5: Waterborne